April 12, 2010

Metropolitan area over-the-year employment changes, February 2010

Change in nonfarm payroll employment, selected metropolitan areas, February 2009�February 2010
Metropolitan area	Change in employment, February 2009�February 2010 (P)
Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, WA	4,400
Yakima, WA	2,000
College Station-Bryan, TX	1,400
Jacksonville, NC	1,400
Ocean City, NJ	1,100
Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI	-91,500
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	-91,800
Chicago-Joliet-Naperville, IL-IN-WI	-159,300
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA	-190,300
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA	-206,100
Footnotes: (P) Data for February 2010 are preliminary.

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